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Sunday 19 October 2008LPGA TourYear in Review
Pressel wins Kapalua LPGA Classic
Bay Course, Kapalua Resort, Kapalua, Maui, Hawaii · Thursday 16 to Sunday 19 October 2008 · Morgan Pressel’s win no. 2 on the LPGA Tour · purse $1,500,000 USD
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
11 h 24 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 58° up at noon, and that night a waning gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R126°/24°C · wind 33 km/h ENE, gusts 44 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R226°/23°C · wind 35 km/h ENE, gusts 48 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R326°/23°C · wind 34 km/h ENE, gusts 47 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R426°/24°C · wind 28 km/h ENE, gusts 41 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
The name over time
Not yet traced: its earlier names, sponsors and courses come with research.
The ones it got away from
- Suzann Pettersen NOR · 281Birdied four of five holes before the turn for a three-shot lead, then bogeyed the easy par-5 15th (bunker, three putts); birdied 18 but Pressel birdied the 72nd to win by one Pressel posts emotional win (AP, Jaymes Song) - The Honolulu Advertiser, Oct 20 2008
132 started · cut +4, 70 made it
Same week
LPGA event
Kapalua LPGA Classic
Kapalua Resort, Bay Course, Bay Course, Kapalua Resort, Kapalua, Maui, Hawaii
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Morgan Pressel
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
19 October 2008
I was nervous out there. I knew what I had to do. I knew that those couple of putts when I missed on 14 and 15 could have been important.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
19 October 2008
And so I thought I was done, dead. I thought it was over.
Associated Press (The Honolulu Advertiser)
20 October 2008
I had my chances out there, let a few players into the game,
Sun Sentinel (Randall Mell), reprinted in The Honolulu Advertiser
22 October 2008
It's a work in progress, that's for sure. Some pretty big changes that are going to take a little bit of time and quite a bit of work, but I'm getting closer to the swing.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Morgan Pressel | 72 · 72 · 67 · 69 | 280 | −8 |
| 2 | Suzann Pettersen | 68 · 72 · 72 · 69 | 281 | −7 |
| 3 | Laura Diaz | 70 · 71 · 71 · 70 | 282 | −6 |
| T4 | Angela Stanford | 71 · 73 · 70 · 70 | 284 | −4 |
| T4 | Sun Young Yoo | 70 · 71 · 71 · 72 | 284 | −4 |
| T6 | Carin Koch | 72 · 71 · 68 · 74 | 285 | −3 |
| T6 | Stacy Lewis | 73 · 73 · 73 · 66 | 285 | −3 |
| T8 | Brittany Lang | 69 · 71 · 71 · 75 | 286 | −2 |
| T8 | Cristie Kerr | 71 · 72 · 70 · 73 | 286 | −2 |
| T8 | Heather Bowie Young | 72 · 74 · 67 · 73 | 286 | −2 |
| T8 | Jee Young Lee | 71 · 70 · 70 · 75 | 286 | −2 |
| T8 | Linda Wessberg | 76 · 71 · 68 · 71 | 286 | −2 |
| T8 | Meena Lee | 73 · 72 · 70 · 71 | 286 | −2 |
The golfer
born 1988-05-23, Tampa, Florida; USA; turned pro 2005; age 20 that week; tour wins to date: 2; majors to date: 1.
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